Little Red Bridge
by zenelf

Comment by Pedxer:
Those reds and their bridges!

This one's for you, shutterphunk
by zenelf

Comment by zagman:
Thank you for submitting your photo to the Rock, Paper, Scissors,
DPChallenge.

Very interesting concept that you present here. For the Rock, Paper, Scissors challenge. The scissors, and I am assuming are a few, are up and ready to work on the paper material in the background. One of the scissors is ahead of the others, pointing straight up. Which is a nice effect. It draws the eye to the upper/center of the image.

The design you chose is very geometrical. You have circles, squares, rectangles. The color choices work well together. The background red and gold compliments the color material of the iron/metal scissors in some ways. The viewers eye is immediatley drawn to the elements on the right hand side of your photo.

Technically, the photo does not have too much appeal. Its one of those compositions where it is hard to relate to. Also nameing or titling your photo with a unrelated name makes it hard for voters to relate to it. The color of the scissors are good and work, but some detail is lost. The blades are clashing with the background just a little. But as I already said, its a good combination. Perhaps if the lighting were more favorable to the scissors. There appears to be some harsh lighting coming in just behind the scissors, giving it a lighter glow. Also the scissors, being the main focal point need to stand out more. The scissors points that are on the far left are blurred.

I know that you mentioned that you used a point and shoot camera. And that the lighting was tungsten. But, there many workarounds shooting situations like this one. One is to dim the tungsten lights and add other type of lighting on the subject. The other is to use natural light sources. So you had to experiment with it for while before success shows up.

Great ideas and composition. You did a good job with your camera resources.

Good luck in your next DPChallenge.

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by zenelf

Comment by sigrun_th:
great colors

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Comment by risu81:
I like the background colors, but I think there needs to be a little more contrast in the foreground object. 7

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Comment by lastef:
I don't have a clue what this is but it is definitely an artistic picture;-) The red color is alive and strong making this picture exciting.

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Comment by Joey Lawrence:
Great colors, but it's hard to tell what I'm looking at

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Comment by JPR:
Powerful image. I like it a lot. The border works well for me here as well.

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Comment by ladyhawk22:
I love the colors in this photo. And I love the abstract feel that the subject gives off. Nice gradient on the background.

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Comment by spitz66:
very cool, the border works real well too (7).

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Comment by itsrazzi:
Background is plain awesome, I wouldn't mind having a photo like this on my wall... the orange is beautiful